noblewoman
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noblewomen
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noun
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Origin of noblewoman
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"One way of reforming this rigid system is to start with our own families," said Norlina Rambu Jola Kalunga, 54, a noblewoman who inherited five atas when she married the son of a royal family.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
But then we hear the bandit’s testimony, followed by that of the noblewoman, and finally the contradictory memories of the dead husband, delivered via a medium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Fans assumed that The Fate of Ophelia would tether Swift Shakespeare's story of a noblewoman who drowns in a fit of mania after being driven mad by grief.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
Foremost among them, aside from Sanada, is Anna Sawai as Mariko, a haunted noblewoman and Christian convert whom Toranaga assigns to Blackthorne as his interpreter and minder.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2024
On his journey from Milan, he stayed with a wealthy noblewoman named Isabella d’Este.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
In Ancient Egypt, pharaohs and noblewomen wore embellished braided wigs to show power, and in the Middle Ages, women's long hair became associated with femininity and virtue.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
“Empresses and noblewomen in their entourage cross-stitched, as well as nuns and regular women living in cities,” Churina said, adding that toward the end of 19th century, needlework became available to peasants.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2022
He then arranged for thousands of his Greek and Macedonian officers to marry Persian noblewomen in an effort to formally and permanently fuse together the Greek and Persian civilizations.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Aspiring knights were pages; noblewomen worked as ladies in waiting.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 7, 2018
Their hair had once been piled in curls, arranged with jewels in the style of Roman noblewomen, but now their locks were disheveled and dry as straw.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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